Example Sentences

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I replied, though, unthwarted, “All mine, too, are imported! See this one in my pocket? It’s phlegmish.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2020

End, pretty much, with an eager and unthwarted pilot, zooming down the narrow canyon of a spaceship, with his wingmen taking hits on his behalf and a tiny yet crucial target in his sights?

From The New Yorker • Dec. 18, 2015

Unlike many a prodigy, young Marjorie Edwards is a natural, unthwarted person who rides a bicycle, collects stamps, wishes she could tap dance better than she does, reveres Yehudi Menuhin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Had it run its course unthwarted, a national style suited to the temperament of the people might have been formed, and much that was pedantic in the revival of the fifteenth century have been obviated.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington

Instinct was her surest guide, and when she followed it unblinded by a passion, unthwarted by a mood, she prospered.

From Moods by Alcott, Louisa May